Samson

Serge Merlin

Jakub Gold

Alina Janowska

Lucyna

Elżbieta Kępińska

Kazia, Malina's Niece

Jan Ciecierski

Józef Malina

Tadeusz Bartosik

"Professor" Pankrat

Władysław Kowalski

Fiałka / Jakub Gold (voice)

Irena Netto

Jakub's Mother

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Stasia

Jan Ibel

Genio

Bogumił Antczak

Prisoner (uncredited)

Wiesława Chojkowska

Wiśka (uncredited)

Edmund Fetting

Zygmunt, Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)

Roland Głowacki

Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)

Andrzej Herder

Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

Zygmunt Hübner

Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

Zofia Jamry

Woman Blackmailing Malina (uncredited)

Stanisław Jaśkiewicz

Professor at a Lecture (uncredited)

Zbigniew Józefowicz

Guest at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)

Edward Kowalczyk

Policeman (uncredited)

Zygmunt Listkiewicz

(uncredited)

Jerzy Łapiński

Caroller (uncredited)

Zdzisław Maklakiewicz

ONR Member (uncredited)

Zygmunt Malawski

Printer (uncredited)

Roman Polanski

Partner of Malina's Blackmailer (uncredited)

Ryszard Pracz

(uncredited)

Ryszard Ronczewski

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Magda Teresa Wójcik

Woman at Lucyna's Party (uncredited)

Tomasz Zaliwski

Prisoner (uncredited)

Andrzej Żuławski

Killed Student (uncredited)

Zygmunt Hübner

First Assistant Director

Andrzej Żuławski

Assistant Director

Barbara Sass

Assistant Director

Urszula Orczykowska

Assistant Director

Daniel Szylit

Assistant Director

Andrzej Wajda

Director

Kazimierz Brandys

Novel

Kazimierz Brandys

Screenplay

Andrzej Wajda

Screenplay

Zdzislaw Mrozowicz

Unit Manager

Stanisław Daniel

Production Manager

Arkadiusz Orłowski

Assistant Production Manager